Congress, U Up?

国会,我上去了吗?

What A Day

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2025-05-08

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Over the past few months, you might have been wondering to yourself, “Hey! The president of the United States is running roughshod over the rights of millions of Americans! Where the heck is Congress?” From shirking its constitutional power to regulate tariffs to Republican in-fighting over President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ Congress has been a bit M.I.A. In fact, in his first 100 days back in office, Trump signed fewer bills into law than any new president going back to Eisenhower in the 1950s. So… what gives? Annie Grayer, a senior reporter covering Capitol Hill for CNN, gives us the low-down on what Congress has been up to. And in headlines: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of Asian migrants to Libya, the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady because of tariff uncertainty, and India and Pakistan escalated their decades-long tensions over the disputed Kashmir region. Show Notes: Check out Brooklyn Delhi – https://tinyurl.com/42wf2hz4Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Thursday, May 8th.

  • I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day, the show that is taking a stand.

  • A stand against the use of the term raw-dogging in contexts like this one,

  • in which a CBS News guest describes how Cardinals are spending their time during the papal conclave.

  • One thing we know they're not doing is checking Instagram

  • because their devices have all been confiscated.

  • I believe the kids call it raw-dogging it

  • if you're going to go through a long period of time with no electronic device.

  • Look, this is a family podcast, so we are not getting into what the term raw dogging actually means.

  • But let me be clear,

  • we are not using it to discuss whether or not Catholic cardinals can use their phones during the conclave.

  • On today's show, the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates steady over tariff uncertainty,

  • and India and Pakistan escalate their decades-long tensions.

  • Great.

  • But let's start with everyone's favorite group of normal, down-to-earth, hard-working Americans.

  • Congress!

  • Over the past few months, you might have been thinking to yourself, hey,

  • the President of the United States is running roughshod over the rights of millions of Americans.

  • The judiciary has been acting to slow him down-ish.

  • But isn't there this other branch of government that could be doing something?